Friday, June 4, 2010

I was trying to think of a nice gift for the office staff where I volunteer weekly at Kallie's school. Knowing they get more Starbucks cards and candles than they can shake a stick at, I turned to my garden.

Isn't that why I planted a cutting garden? To bring some of the beautiful, nature of the garden inside.

So I picked as many flowers as I had time to find and made these three jelly jars to give them. I filled them with roses, daisies, larkspur, lantana, Mexican oregano, wine cup, marigolds, and cosmos.

Not being the gardening type, they were amazed that all these different flowers had come from my garden and were so appreciative of the gesture.

That really is why I garden -- so I can share some of the beauty and tastiness with my friends and family. And that's why I decided to call my blog "Sharing Nature's Garden."

Nice gift and good idea to have a specific cutting garden One of my veg. beds next year, I think. I like to take something from my garden when we visit. I'm running out of vases an have been known to take flowers in a mason jar. This week it has been patty pan squash!

Lancashire Rose - I also pull from all over the garden, but I do need to think of getting some more little vases or jelly jars to give away. I did save some glass iced tea bottles, too. Ooooh - how is the patty pan squash? I'd like to grow it - we don't eat a lot of squash, but I can't resist those patty pans!

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I'm glad you've found my garden journal. Perhaps the only thing greater than the satisfaction of nurturing a seed to a seedling to a blooming or producing plant is the joy of sharing nature's bounty with others. Whether I'm peddling garden tomatoes we can't possibly eat or sharing stories about why the verbena isn't doing well, my garden connects me. It connects me to the earth, to our wildlife friends, to fellow gardeners, and, to myself. So, welcome. I hope you'll feel connected here.